Rest in Peace Alfred Hitchcock (1980)

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Sunday, 29 April 2018

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Today we remember the master of suspense, Sir Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock was a famous film director, directing films like ‘Psycho’ and ‘Vertigo’. In 1980 that Hitchcock died of kidney failure, four months after he was knighted.

Hitchcock in jail
When Alfred was five years old he was imprisoned. He had misbehaved so his father told him to go to the police and ask if they could lock him up for five minutes. So he did and after five minutes the police told him “This is what we do to naughty boys.”. This left Hitchcock with a lifelong fear for the police.

Alfred the secret keeper
Alfred went to great lengths to keep the plot of the movie ‘Psycho’ a secret. The movie was based on the same named novel. Hitchcock bought all the copies of the book he could find.
At the time it was usual for people to enter the cinema when they pleased and watch the movie midway through and wait until it started again and watch the part they hadn’t seen yet. Hitchcock was the first to put a stop to this and requested movie theatres to not admit anyone who was too late.

360 trivial fact
Hitchcock got many great rewards for his work. He won the Award for lifetime achievement and one of his movies won an Oscar for best picture. Despite this Alfred himself never won an Oscar for best director even though he has directed many great movies.feedback@360.org